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1 JOHN VLASTELICIA 



2 And fourth, a program of biological 



3 studies to determine the effects these wastes have on 



4 the marine life. 



5 The findings of these studies are discussed 



6 in the March 1967 report that has already been entered 



7 in the record. Incidentally, copies of this report are 



8 available in the offices of the Water Pollution Control 



9 Commission and the Federal Water Pollution Control Adminis- 



10 tration. The scientific results of the oceanographic and 



11 the biological studies have the most significant bearing 



12 on the Project's recommendations for pollution abatement 



13 and these two studies will be the major substance of 



14 today's presentation. 



15 The Project in its work considered results 



16 of a number of studies conducted in these areas by other 



17 State and Federal agencies, by the University of Washington, 



18 and by the pulp mills. Only on a few occasions were 



19 specific data withheld by the pulp mills. 



20 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND RELATED STUDIES 



21 Oceanographic and related studies were 



22 conducted in each of the four study areas, in Bellingham, 



23 Anacortes, Everett and Port Angeles. These studies 



24 included three elements: 



25 Periodic water sampling surveys to measure 



